JoinAll Middle School resources
Journal Article
Making in the Middle: Robots and Sequences
This column explores maker spaces, engineering, and more. This article presents a lesson that allows students to engage with robotics as they work thr...
Journal Article
This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This issue explains how you can encourage abstract reasoning and ...
Blog Post
One District’s Path to Improving Student Discourse
If you’ve spent any time exploring the shifts in NGSS instructional practices you will understand the call for “less sage on the stage and more gu...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
Multimedia Connected STEM Learning With Middle School Students
Find out how Denver middle school students practiced digital storytelling as they delved deeply into STEM topics that interested them. ...
By Janelle M. Johnson, Jayme Margolin-Sneider, and Monica Moreno-Martinez
NSTA Kids
Come along on a tour of the wonderful world of birds and their beaks. This book is the story of a child and two grown-up friends on a jaunt across the...
Blog Post
Shoes! Beaks! They’re All About Structure and Function
As we watch students arrive for class, we notice that Alejandra hangs her jacket on a coat hook, while Calder reaches for scissors to make a fringe on...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Exploring Structure and Function in Insects
As an entomologist, one of my greatest challenges is trying to overcome my students’ feelings of fear and disgust regarding insects. Insects often h...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
Integrating Technology: The Innovative Utensil Challenge
This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article talks about creating innovative...
Interactive E-book Kids
It is the year 2095, and Great Uncle Dar has just taken up the post of chief engineer on the solar system’s first inflatable space apartment buildin...
Blog Post
Anyone who teaches middle school students knows they have a lot of energy, and a lot of hot air. Why not put it to use? In this activity, students wil...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Scaffolding the Practice of Asking Questions and Defining Problems
With the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), teachers are wondering how to teach their students to do the science and engineerin...
By Cindy Workosky
NSTA Press Book
Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World
By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “W...
By Matthew Kloser, Sophia Grathwol